A once-scrapped route option for high-speed trains through Kings County is in play again. A line that bypasses Hanford to the west will be revived by the California High-Speed Rail Authority for consideration. The agency announced Wednesday that it will recall a controversial draft... + read more

Even if state officials can scrape together the billions of dollars needed to fund California's ambitious high-speed rail plans, lawsuits from local cities and opposition groups still could delay, divert or derail the project altogether. In the Bay Area, cities and nonprofits are suing... + read more

An influential group formed to review ridership estimates for the California High-Speed Rail Authority has withdrawn some of its earlier criticisms, even as it urges improvements to a forecasting model being used to guide decisions ranging from ticket prices to train schedules. Though short of... + read more

For two years, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said it could build 520 miles of high-speed train tracks between San Francisco and Los Angeles for about $43 billion. But that figure – long derided as unrealistic by critics – went off the rails this month when the authority... + read more